Olympic City Giants

Olympic City Giants
League	National League 2 (1982–1983) National League 1 (1983–1987) British Basketball League (1987–1989)
Established	1982
Folded	1989, merged with Manchester Eagles to become Manchester Giants
History	Bolton & Bury Hawks 1982–1987 Bolton & Bury Giants 1987–1988 Olympic City Giants 1988–1989
Location	Oldham, Greater Manchester
Team colours	Green, White and Gold
Ownership	Mike Shaft
Uniforms
Home Away

Olympic City Giants were a professional basketball team based in Oldham, England. Previously based in Bolton and Bury, the team were known as Bolton & Bury Hawks and then Bolton & Bury Giants, the team were founder members of the British Basketball League in 1987.

After an eighth-place finish in the 1988–89 Carlsberg League campaign, Giants qualified for their first and only BBL-era Play-off. They drew top seed Glasgow Rangers, and were soundly beaten in both games of the bet-of-three series by the regular season Champions.

In 1989 after encountering several financial difficulties, Olympic City Giants formally merged with Manchester Eagles (formerly Manchester United) to become Manchester Giants, marking a return of the famous name after a three-year absence, following a merger between the original Manchester Giants and Manchester United in 1986.^[1]

Season-by-season records

Notable former players

• Ed Bona
• Jimmy Brandon
• Terry Crosby
• Steve Nelson
• Robbie Peers
• Kenny Scott
• Cleveland Woods

See also

• British Basketball League

References